Chapter 3: A witch and a pervert
"Please give me back my insignia, it's very important to me!" Said the silver haired newcomer.
"Excuse me Emilia-sama, but I don't think these two are who you are looking for, however I would be honored to offer you my assistance" Reinhard replied with the sort of elegance the two Subarus expected from a knight.
Emilia, obviously caught off gaurd, looked towards the knight she hadn't expected to encounter in a shady back alley.
"Ah, hello Reinhard-san, I'm soo sorry for asking, but could you please elaborate on that?"
Looking around, Emilia took a look at the unconventional trio in front of her.
"I just saved these two from being mugged by some petty theifs, and given their current emotional state, I doubt they had anything to do with your current problems."
After this Emilia examined the two very closely, ignoring Reinhard's sudden display of mind reading.
The two Subarus couldn't ignore it however, and as such they stared wide eyed at Reinhard for a little while.
"Wow, this really is a fantasy world!" exclaimed an excited Natsuki, and Natsumi nodded along.
"Fa-n-ta-shi? No, more importantly, you really don't have anything to do with stealing my insignia? No way, what am I supposed to do now?"
"Emilia-sama was it? Me and my brother saw some brat running by, looking really busy while my brother was being mugged by thugs. I understand not wanting to get involved, but her actions seemed just a little suspicious somehow. Either way, since we know how she looks like, we'll help you find whatever this 'insignia' thing is".
Natsumi wanted to pout at the happy feelings he sent through thier link directed towards this Emilia chick, but she decided that it was more important to cover for his general awkwardness, and therefore she decided to get involved in the conversation.
Don't get me wrong, Natsumi really didn't have any sort of weird brother fetish, but the whole "brother/sister relationship was just a temporary solution to avoid having to explain their situation in detail, right? Right?!
Natsumi examined their mysterious emotional connection for a little while longer, and decided that this was a pointless endeavor, after all, he was clearly not going to change his mind, and thus it was better to just surrender to the inevitable and treat him as her new brother instead.
While Natsumi's heart finally started steering towards normalcy and away from Alabama, a floating grey cat had manifested right in front of them, startling the Subaru siblings.
"I think you should accept her offer, I'm not sensing any malice from either one of these youngsters." the fluffball confirmed.
"Yup, definitely fantasy" Natsumi said this time, only for her brother to nod along this time.
"Alright, I'll accept your offer, only as long as your... brother is also fine with it."
Emilia was unsure of their relationship, so she hesitated a little before saying the word 'brother'.
"Where my sister goes, I go! It's not like we have anything better to do anyways, since we just got here without any money or idea of where we are."
Reinhard looked very concerned after Natsuki's comment, but he ultimately decided it could wait for after Emilia he had solved Emilia's problems. It's not like they were starving yet at least.
"So anyways, we were going to introduce ourselves before you came, so let's restart! My name is Natsumi Subaru, and this is my brother-" she was cut off when said brother struck an awkward pose, which was probably a reference to something that her, or maybeshe should say their dad liked or something, she wasn't quite sure. She did however feel a little bit of her soul slip away at the display of NEETness.
"My name is Natsuki Subaru, and the two of us are completely lost and and broke beyond compare, nice to meet ya!"
"Hey, even if everything you said is true, please don't include me in your pervert speeches!"
"Pervert?! Is that what you think of me?! Neee nee-sama, you wound me!"
The others had a laugh at their carefree banter, after which they continued with the introductions.
In the loothouse located within Lugnica's slums lived a gigant. He was an old man who had seen many things during his long life, not least of which was the destruction caused by discrimination and war.
During the Demihuman war, he had been entrusted a small black box by a friend with pink hair. After some time in his possession, the box had changed felt as if it had changed, as if it had captured some sort of powerful dark spirit or something.
The country remembered the woman who had entrusted this box to him as a witch, and it wasn't really far off.
What nobody, not even this old man knew, was that the one of the main reasons his old friend even existed was to make sure this box ended up in this place at this time.
The old man noticed that the box had started to glow since about an hour ago.
The intensity of the light emitted by the box continued to increase, until it was positively shining.
That was when someone knocked on the door
'This time, you wouldn't want me to ask for a password, huh Sphinx?' The old man thought to himself.
At the moment he opened the door, the box suddenly snapped open.
At the moment the door opened, a certain teenage girl could feel a dark entity wriggling it's way into her very soul, sending shivers down her spine.
What nobody knew at the time, was that this signalled the birth of the first true witch in 400 years.
This holder of a witch factor would never stoop so low as to call herself a Sin Archbishop, so witch was the only title that would be considered at least somewhat correct for her personality, although that term har long since lost it's original meaning.
That was how this generation's Witch of Pride, Natsumi Subaru, unknowingly gained her title.
Thank you for reading!
The reason Emilia didn't try to scare the odd siblings off is that she figures Reinhard would be enough protection for the both of them.
Originally, I had planned on doing a full arc 1, but Natsumi's extistence and character wouldn't allow her to not help her idiot brother, so Reinhard came a little earlier than even I expected.
I've heard that characters sometimes write the story themselves, so I decided not to mess with the outcome of having both Reinhard and Emilia showing up in the first loop.
Don't worry, it's not as if this is going to let Subaru live a peaceful life, so please feel safe. No wait, please don't feel safe is what I meant.
If you noticed any mistakes in either grammer or spelling, or you just feel as if you want to contribute to the story somehow, feel free to leave a comment!
Btw, I know Subaru is his first name and Natsuki is his last.
Since both of their first name is "Subaru" and they have different last names, they decided that it would be their family name.
Natsumi Schwarz is Natsuki Subaru's name while crossdressing, which is why he was surprised when his other self also used the name Natsuki. I think I already explained this, but I wanted to be clear since a lot of people were confused.